Gary Valenciano

Edgardo José Martín Santiago Valenciano, better known as simply Gary Valenciano (shortened to Gary V.), is a Filipino musician, composer, actor, producer, and gospel singer who is best known for many songs, especially those that became theme songs for movies. Gary Valenciano energetic dance moves also garnered him the nickname "Mr. Pure Energy."

Born in the suburb of Santa Mesa in Manila on August 6, 1964, he is
the sixth of Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago Ortiz’s seven
children. Santiago Ortiz is a Puerto Rican woman of Italian descent who
became a popular opera singer in Manila during the 1960s, and her love
for music passed down to her son, Gary. Gary Valenciano took his
primary and secondary studies in La Salle Greenhills. It was during his
high school days, while being on a brief stint the musical group
Kundirana, that he devoted himself to music.

He first appeared as a
solo in a television show called The Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982,
but he was finally noticed after his performances in the TV shows
Germspesyal and Penthouse Live.

Gary Valenciano had his first
solo concert, in April 1984, inside the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum. He
was soon to make 21 albums, three of them released internationally,
including a Christian inspired
album called Out in the Dark.He is married to María Anna Elizabeth
"Angeli" Evangelista Pangilinan, with whom he has three children: Juan
Paolo Martín, José Angelo Gabriel, and Kristina María Mikaela.

Gary Valenciano Albums

Gary (1984)

Gary...Next (1985)

Gary...Inside Out (1985)

From Gary, Merry Christmas (1986)

Moving Thoughts (1987)

Faces of Love (1989)

Heart and Soul (Live Album)

Shout for Joy (1991)

Dancing in the Moonlight (1992) - Internationally by Toshiba-EMI in Japan

Shout Live (1993)

Hataw Na (1993)

Move Live (1995)

Out of the Dark (1995) - Internationally in the United States

Outside Looking In (1995) - Internationally by Polygram

Interactive (1998)

Revive (2001)

one 2 one (2002)

I Will Be Here (2002)

Beyond Words (2003)

At the Movies (2003)

Pure Heart (2005)

Soul Full

Relevance (2006)

Gary Valenciano SongsThis is a list of some of Gary V's most notable songs.